DAY TRIPS FROM BARCELONA DAY TRIP - MONTSERRAT A Visit to Montserrat designed and thought for the nature, mountain, sea and photography lovers, walking through one of the most emblematic Natural Parks of Catalonia. With private transportation and accompanied by our guide, we will visit the most charismatic places that are a must in Montserrat and other secrets that keep histories and legends. We will experience every aspect of Montserrat: the nature, the religion, the history and the sports. We will try to comprehend its spectacular geology, gigantic monoliths that arise more than a thousand meters over the valley, we will meet the mountains’ and also the religious community’s history, its basilica and the chapels and also we will know its civil history that lived battles at its feet. We will enjoy the surprising nature, we will walk through the Woods and we will get to privileged vantages with infinite sights. ITINERARY 09:00 – BARCELONA 10:00 – COLLBATÓ – SALNITRE CAVES 11:00 – EL BRUC- LES AGULLES – MONTSERRAT ABBEY 13:00 – MONASTERY 16:00 – CABLECAR TO SANT JOAN 18:00 – MONASTERY 19:00 - BARCELONA DETAILED ITINERARY* 09:00 – BARCELONA We will pick up your clients at their hotel in Barcelona and we will go to Montserrat with our private vehicle. We will get there in less than an hour. 10:00 – COLLBATÓ – SALNITRE CAVES Once we are there we will take different trails accompanied by our official guide, at first we will visit the Salnitre caves in Collbató, right by the mountain’s foot. A underground world that thanks to the action of water during history has generated some Stone figures that are said to have inspired great artists like Santiago Rusiñol, Ramón Casas or Antoni Gaudí. 11:00 – EL BRUC- LES AGULLES – MONTSERRAT ABBEY After visiting the caves we will get to El Bruc, a little town placed in the base of the mountain with a really rich history, since, despite of its size, it was a key spot during the Napoleonic wars. After visiting El Bruc, we will go up to Can Massana in our bus, where we will discover the area of “Les Agulles”, the needles, and we will go through the northern face of the mountain where we will stop by the great walls that it offers us and also by the Sant Cecilia monastery. After all we will make it to the Montserrat Abbey. The final part of our walk will be optional, and it will be about walking for 20 min through a trail known as “Els Degotalls” that runs along the base of the wall of the mountain. 13:00 – MONASTERY We will have lunch at a reserved restaurant, where we can enjoy the genuine Catalan cuisine. After that we will enjoy some free time to visit the area at our own pace until 4 pm. 16:00 – CABLECAR TO SANT JOAN Ascension with the cable car to Sant Joan and visit to the “Les Magdalenes” area, a place where the most intrepid climbers can be found due to its enormous stone monoliths, not in vain Montserrat is the typical Catalan climbing school. There, we will also enjoy a couple old hermitages placed in the middle of the sheer mountain. The trail will take us back to the monastery where we will get by 5 pm 18:00 – MONASTERY We will enjoy 1 hour of free time in the monastery’s esplanade to do the last visits at our own pace, the last shopping, pictures, etc. 19:00 - BARCELONA Finally, we will embrace our way back to the city of Barcelona. DETAILED PRICE 160 EUROS PER PERSON (VAT INCLUDED)* *The prices may vary depending on the number of people in the group and the time of the year These prices are only for Tour Operators Ask for a tailored program for your clients INCLUDED - Private Transportation (Van o Minibus) - Official guide - Lunch at a reserved restaurant/ local gastronomy - Access to the cable car - Accidents Insurance NOT INCLUDED -Not specified meals -Entrances to museums or other places not specified -Drinks and personal expenses -Everything that is not specified in the section “INCLUDED” DEPARTURE DATES: FROM MONDAY TO SUNDAY, FROM SEPTEMBER TO JUNE DURATION: 1 DAY GROUP MAXIMUM: 14 PEOPLE - GROUP MINIMUM: 6 PEOPLE OBSERVATIONS AND RECOMENDATIONS - Level of difficulty of the itinerary: low (easy paths, walks) - Clothing and footwear suitable for mountain paths and the expected weather - Camera - Backpack for your personal stuff RESERVATIONS: We request that, if possible, all reservations are made at least 2 months in advance by the payment of 50% of the total which should be credited to the following bank account. This is then accepted as confirmation of the reservation and the remainder should be paid 20 days prior to the start of the holiday. Visit Barcelona and visit Catalonia with Incoming Barcelona by Tarannà, your Incoming Travel Agency Most of the pictures are shot by Incoming Barcelona Team during the trip INFORMATION AND RESERVATIONS For any further information please do not hesitate to contact: XAVIER SANTOS [email protected] Vallespir, 174 - 08014 Barcelona. TECHNICAL ORGANIZATION: GCMD 90 – Tarannà Club de Viatges, S.A. - We need your Passport document and a contact number for transportation and also for insurance reasons. - Cancellation Charges: Customer can always cancel his or her trip. The cancellation of services generates various types of expenses (management, cancellation and penalty). The amount of these costs depends on the date the cancellation is made in addition to the economic requirements of each service provider rest. Consult General Conditions. Vallespir, 174 - 08014 Barcelona. Tel: 93 411 83 73 / Fax: 93 491 36 51 E-mail: [email protected] www.incomingbarcelona.net www.taranna.com .